We all like autonomy – the feeling of freedom and being in control. The classroom is no different. Students are more engaged and have a greater sense of responsibility when given autonomy over their learning. They thrive when they are ...
More »Students get a maths class with a Da Vinci twist
There’s no doubt that Leonardo da Vinci was a visionary, but should some of his machines be built today, they would be little more than fascinating sculptures. Indeed, a BBC documentary famously argued that Da Vinci’s machines were designed to ...
More »Wentworth candidate “owes teachers an apology”
Mea culpa. That’s how Wentworth by-election candidate Dave Sharma signed off on an apology tweet for comments he made in the Sydney Morning Herald a few months ago. In an opinion piece for the publication, the Liberal Party candidate for ...
More »More than 300m children worldwide not in school
A total of 303 million children worldwide are not in school, with more than a third of that number living in conflict zones or countries affected by natural disasters, according to the United Nations. That means a third of 5-17 ...
More »Criminal charges could see teachers’ registration immediately suspended
Teachers facing serious criminal offences would be immediately suspended under new laws introduced to the South Australian parliament. The state government recently introduced legislation to amend the Teacher Registration and Standards Act 2004 to enable the Teachers Registration Board of ...
More »ABC publishes ‘secret’ data on low ATAR scores in teaching degrees
Industry leaders have called for caps on places in teaching degrees, following an ABC report that universities are offering places to students who leave schools with ATAR scores close to zero. The figures are contained in a confidential report obtained ...
More »Early childhood educators strike across the country
Thousands of childcare workers are walking off the job to push for higher wages, but the federal education minister says he doesn't decide pay rates. About 7000 early childhood workers went on strike on Wednesday afternoon to hold rallies across ...
More »How a Weetbix-loving pig is helping lift Indigenous literacy
Nine new books written in Kriol have been launched to help boost Indigenous literacy. Students from St Joseph’s Catholic College in Katherine, Northern Territory, took their first trip to the big smoke, visiting the Sydney Opera House for Indigenous Literacy ...
More »Early NAPLAN marks released amid terse trans-Pacific debate
Schools now have their hands on early NAPLAN data, a day after two US professors called for the marks to be discarded, and questioned the futility of comparisons with previous years. ACARA today released the NAPLAN 2018 summary information, which ...
More »Bringing up the career: fears job advice is failing school students
There was a popular story shared by kids in my hometown about a local school career counsellor. It went like this: A student went to Mr X and told him that he wanted to be a Ghostbuster. Mr X nodded ...
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